Dinosaur Activities for Kids (Printable Puzzles & Matching Game)

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If you have a dinosaur-loving child, these printable dinosaur activities are a fun way to combine learning with imaginative play!

This free printable activity pack includes two hands-on games:

• Build-a-Dinosaur Puzzles
• Dinosaur Fossil Matching Cards

Both activities help children strengthen fine motor skills, visual discrimination, problem-solving, and dinosaur recognition while learning about some of their favorite prehistoric creatures.

They’re perfect for dinosaur units in preschool, kindergarten, homeschool, or classroom learning centers.

Build-a-Dinosaur Puzzles

Kids love putting puzzles together, and these dinosaur puzzles are a fun way to introduce dinosaur names while strengthening visual-spatial skills.

Each dinosaur has been divided into seven puzzle pieces. Children match the pieces to the picture on the puzzle mat to build the complete dinosaur.

Included dinosaurs:

• Tyrannosaurus Rex
• Triceratops
• Stegosaurus
• Brontosaurus

These puzzles are especially great for:

• Fine motor skills
• Visual discrimination
• Problem solving
• Dinosaur vocabulary

Dinosaur Fossil Matching Activity

Have you ever wondered what dinosaur skeletons looked like beneath all that skin?

This printable matching game lets kids compare dinosaurs with their fossil skeletons.

My kids’ favorite way to play was pretending they were paleontologists!

We matched the dinosaur picture to its skeleton, then held the cards up to a sunny window. The skeleton showed right through, making it look just like a real dinosaur X-ray.

It’s a simple activity, but it was always a huge hit.

These Dinosaur Fossil Matching Cards include a set of 6 different dinosaurs and their matching skeletons or fossils.

Included dinosaurs:

• T. Rex
• Triceratops
• Stegosaurus
• Parasaurolophus
• Brachiosaurus
• Pterodactyl

This can be used as a matching game, or you can use them to make dinosaur x-rays. This is what my kids liked best. Match the cards up with the regular dinosaur on the front and the skeleton on the back and hold them up to a bright window. You will be able to see the skeleton right through and it will look like an x-ray.

It’s a cool way so show kids what the dinosaur bones look like!

Skills Kids Practice

These dinosaur activities help children practice:

• Dinosaur identification
• Problem solving
• Fine motor skills
• Visual discrimination
• Observation skills
• Early science concepts
• Vocabulary development

More Ways to Play

After assembling the dinosaurs, try these simple extension activities.

Sort by Diet

Can you separate the herbivores from the carnivores?

Sort by Size

Which dinosaur is the biggest?

Which is the smallest?

Compare Skeletons

Which dinosaur has the longest neck?

Which has the biggest skull?

Window X-Rays

Hold the cards up to a sunny window and pretend you’re paleontologists studying fossils.

Build a Dinosaur Museum

Arrange all of the completed dinosaurs and create your own museum display.

Children can even make labels for each dinosaur.

Download the Free Dinosaur Activity Pack

Grab both of these activities to use with your little learners.

Perfect for:

• Preschool
• Kindergarten
• Homeschool
• Dinosaur Units
• Science Centers
• Early Finishers

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